"Amaryllis" - Autochrome glass lantern slide (scanned and brightened) estimated to be circa. 1910s
AUTOCHROME PROCESS
Period of Use: 1907-1935
Processing Method: Black & White reversal
Color Principle: Additive 3-color (RGB) mosaic screen filter
Inventors: Auguste and Louis Lumière (brothers)
Processing Method: Black & White reversal
Color Principle: Additive 3-color (RGB) mosaic screen filter
Inventors: Auguste and Louis Lumière (brothers)
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"The first practicable method of colour photography was the autochrome process, invented in France by Auguste and Louis Lumière. Best known for their invention of the Cinématographe in 1895, the Lumières began commercial manufacture of autochrome plates in the early 20th century ... The Lumière brothers presented their research into colour photography to the Académie des Sciences in 1904. The commercial manufacture of autochrome plates began in 1907, and the first public demonstration of the autochrome process took place on 10 June 1907, at the offices of the French newspaper L‘Illustration."
- History of the Autochrome |
Original, unopened circa. 1921 box of four (4) autochrome plates from France - The box is a work of art in and of itself!
The plates are tightly stacked inside the box in a sealed, light-proof wrapping to keep the sensitized plates from fogging.
The plates would have been unwrapped and loaded into the camera under a safelight in a darkroom setting.
Click the scanned image above to view/download the high-resolution version.
The reverse side of the box features four different languages (including German).
The plates are tightly stacked inside the box in a sealed, light-proof wrapping to keep the sensitized plates from fogging.
The plates would have been unwrapped and loaded into the camera under a safelight in a darkroom setting.
Click the scanned image above to view/download the high-resolution version.
The reverse side of the box features four different languages (including German).
Click the image at right to view/download the complete 36-page original manual in PDF format - Feel free to print/share the manual!
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Microscopic photo of an Autochrome plate showing the red, green and blue dyed potato starch grains (roughly four million grains per square inch).
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